Busan Gijang-gun Strengthens Quarantine Measures in Response to COVID-19 Spread Including Breakthrough Infections in Nursing Hospitals

Citizens are undergoing tests at the screening clinic in Changwon-si, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Busan's Gijang-gun is stepping up quarantine measures targeting nursing hospitals and nursing facilities within the district.

Following a cluster infection at a nursing hospital in Gijang-gun, on the morning of the 7th, Gijang-gun Governor Oh Gyu-seok and other county officials held an emergency countermeasure meeting to discuss response plans for the cluster infection cases at nursing hospitals.

Governor Oh stated, "Until now, we have implemented stronger quarantine measures than any other local government and have taken proactive steps, but breakthrough infections have occurred among hospitalized patients and staff despite vaccinations at the nursing hospital," and instructed, "Mobilize the Gijang-gun Infectious Disease Quarantine Team and the quarantine teams of the five eup and myeon to carry out intensive and rigorous quarantine on five nursing hospitals and 41 nursing facilities within the district."

The nursing hospital where the cluster infection occurred reported that after a nursing assistant tested positive for COVID-19 on the morning of the 6th, an additional 37 confirmed cases (34 patients and 3 staff) were identified by the 7th.

The Busan City Citizen Quarantine Promotion Team conducted COVID-19 tests on a total of 272 people, including 182 patients and 90 staff, at the nursing hospital from the afternoon of the 6th, resulting in 38 positive and 234 negative cases.

Since the afternoon of the 6th, the floor where the confirmed cases occurred at the nursing hospital has been placed under cohort isolation measures.

Starting from the morning of the 7th, Gijang-gun has increased the intensity of quarantine measures and begun focused disinfection targeting all nursing hospitals and nursing facilities within the district.

The Gijang-gun Infectious Disease Quarantine Team is conducting intensive quarantine at the nursing hospital where the cluster infection occurred, while the quarantine teams of the five eup and myeon are carrying out quarantine at nursing hospitals and nursing facilities in their respective jurisdictions.

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